Hitchhiker's Guide to Religion
The Mythological Compendium

Bestiary

Every god, demon, spirit, and cosmic force — catalogued across 51 living traditions from every corner of the ancient world.

628 Entities
51 Traditions
10 Regions

African

10
  • Adinkra Symbols
  • Amma
  • Anansi
  • Asase Yaa
  • Mamlambo
  • +5 more

Afro-Brazilian

10
  • Caboclo
  • Erês
  • Exu
  • Iansã
  • Iemanjá
  • +5 more

Alchemical

12
  • Albedo (The Whitening)
  • Citrinitas (The Yellowing)
  • Mercurius
  • Nigredo (The Blackening)
  • Rubedo (The Reddening)
  • +7 more

Angels

7
  • Azrael
  • Gabriel
  • Metatron
  • Michael
  • Raphael
  • +2 more

Apocalyptic

6
  • Abaddon / Apollyon
  • Expanded Revelation Profiles
  • The Beast from the Sea
  • The Dragon
  • The False Prophet (Beast from the Earth)
  • +1 more

Arthurian

14
  • Arthur
  • Bors
  • Excalibur
  • Galahad
  • Gawain
  • +9 more

Aztec & Maya

13
  • Ah Puch
  • Coatlicue
  • Huitzilopochtli
  • Hun Hunahpu
  • Itzamna
  • +8 more

Bahai

8
  • 'Abdu'l-Bahá
  • Bahá'u'lláh
  • Progressive Revelation
  • Shoghi Effendi
  • The Báb
  • +3 more

Biblical

34
  • Aaron
  • Abel
  • Balaam
  • Cain
  • Caleb
  • +29 more

Black Church

10
  • Fannie Lou Hamer
  • Frederick Douglass
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Howard Thurman
  • James Cone
  • +5 more

Buddhist

17
  • Amitabha
  • Asuras (Demigods)
  • Avalokiteshvara / Guanyin
  • Devas (Buddhist Gods)
  • Hungry Ghosts (Preta)
  • +12 more

Canaanite

10
  • Anat
  • Asherah
  • Baal Hadad
  • Dagan
  • El
  • +5 more

Catholic

7
  • Augustine of Hippo
  • Francis of Assisi
  • Ignatius of Loyola
  • John Paul II
  • Mother Teresa
  • +2 more

Celtic

15
  • Aengus Og
  • Balor of the Evil Eye
  • Boann
  • Brigid (Goddess)
  • Cernunnos
  • +10 more

Chinese

12
  • Bull Demon King (Niu Mo Wang)
  • Erlang Shen
  • Guanyin (Guanshiyin)
  • Jade Emperor (Yu Huang Da Di)
  • Nezha
  • +7 more

Confucian

6
  • Confucius (Kong Qiu)
  • Heaven (Tian)
  • Junzi
  • Mencius (Mengzi)
  • Xunzi
  • +1 more

Demons

19
  • Asmodeus
  • Azazel
  • Beelzebub
  • Belial
  • Eurynome
  • +14 more

Dreamtime

9
  • Baiame / Biame (Southeastern Nations
  • Bunyip (Various Nations
  • Country (*Ngurra* in Warlpiri; Many Names)
  • Rainbow Serpent (Yurlunggur / Almudj / Wagyl / Borlung / Ngalyod / Wollunqua)
  • Songlines / Dreaming Tracks (Yiri in Warlpiri; *Many Names Across Nations*)
  • +4 more

Egyptian

18
  • Ammit
  • Anubis
  • Apophis / Apep
  • Bastet
  • Horus
  • +13 more

Esoteric

9
  • Aleister Crowley
  • Cornelius Agrippa
  • Edward Kelley
  • Eliphas Levi
  • Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
  • +4 more

Gnostic

13
  • Achamoth
  • Expanded Gnostic Profiles
  • Hibil Ziwa
  • Mandā d-Heyyi
  • Norea
  • +8 more

Greek

4
  • Heroes & Demigods
  • Olympians
  • Titans & Primordials
  • Underworld Entities

Haitian Vodou

15
  • Agwe
  • Ayida Wedo
  • Bois Caïman
  • Cécile Fatiman
  • Damballa Wedo
  • +10 more

Hindu

24
  • Agni
  • Brahma
  • Chandra
  • Durga
  • Ganesh
  • +19 more

Hoodoo

9
  • Black Cat Bone
  • Dr. Buzzard
  • High John the Conqueror
  • High John the Conqueror Root
  • Hot Foot Powder
  • +4 more

Inca

8
  • Huacas
  • Illapa
  • Inti
  • Mama Quilla
  • Manco Capac
  • +3 more

Inuit

8
  • Angakkuq
  • Aningaaq
  • Malina
  • Nanook
  • Qalupalik
  • +3 more

Islamic

4
  • Harut & Marut
  • Iblis
  • Marid
  • Qareen

Jain

16
  • Ahimsa
  • Bahubali
  • Bahubali (Gommateshvara)
  • Chandanbala
  • Dharma (Jain)
  • +11 more

Jewish

8
  • Baal Shem Tov
  • Hillel the Elder
  • Maimonides (Rambam)
  • Rabbi Akiva
  • Rashi
  • +3 more

Korean

8
  • 1. Hwanung — The Divine Descent
  • 2. Dangun — Founder of Korea
  • 3. Mudang — The Living Shaman
  • 4. Jeoseung Saja — The Grim Reaper
  • 5. Dokkaebi — The Korean Goblin
  • +3 more

Mandaean

4
  • The Ambiguous Creator: Ptahil
  • The Divine Reality: Hayyi Rabbi & Manda d-Hayyi
  • The Forces of Corruption: Ruha & Yushamin
  • The Prophet of the Mandaeans: John the Baptist (Yuhana)

Manichaeism

8
  • Jesus the Splendor (Isa)
  • Mani
  • Primal Man (Ohrmizd Bay)
  • The Column of Glory
  • The Father of Greatness (Zurvan)
  • +3 more

Maori

10
  • Hine-nui-te-pō
  • Papatūānuku
  • Ranginui
  • Tāne-mahuta
  • Tāwhirimātea
  • +5 more

Masonic

5
  • Adam Weishaupt
  • Albert Pike
  • Hiram Abiff
  • James Anderson
  • William Morgan

Melanesian

8
  • Dema Deities
  • John Frum
  • Mana
  • Prince Philip (Movement)
  • Qat
  • +3 more

Mesopotamian

39
  • Adapa
  • Anu
  • Anzu / Imdugud
  • Asag
  • Atrahasis
  • +34 more

Native American

12
  • Coyote
  • Medicine Wheel
  • Nanabozho / Nanabush
  • Raven
  • Skinwalker
  • +7 more

Norse

14
  • Baldur
  • Fenrir
  • Freya
  • Freyr
  • Frigg
  • +9 more

Orphic

8
  • Dionysus Zagreus
  • Metempsychosis
  • Orpheus
  • Persephone (Orphic)
  • Phanes
  • +3 more

Persian

11
  • Derafsh Kaviani
  • Div-e Sepid (The White Demon)
  • Fereydun
  • Jamshid
  • Kaveh the Blacksmith
  • +6 more

Polynesian

16
  • Hiʻiaka-i-ka-poli-o-Pele
  • Hina
  • Hine-nui-te-pō
  • Kū-ka'ili-moku
  • Lono
  • +11 more

Roman Mystery

10
  • Attis
  • Cybele (Magna Mater)
  • Dionysus/Bacchus
  • Isis (Roman)
  • Janus
  • +5 more

Saints

4
  • Foundation Saints
  • Martyrdom Saints
  • Mystic Saints
  • Warrior Saints

Shinto

24
  • Amaterasu
  • Amaterasu Omikami
  • Fudo Myoo
  • Hachiman
  • Inari
  • +19 more

Siberian

8
  • 1. TENGRI — The Eternal Blue Sky
  • 2. ERLIK — Lord of the Lower Realm
  • 3. THE WORLD TREE — Yggdrasil's Ancestor
  • 4. THE SHAMAN'S DRUM — The Horse of Spirit Travel
  • 5. ONGON — The Ancestor Spirits in Physical Form
  • +3 more

Sikh

20
  • Banda Singh Bahadur
  • Bhai Mardana
  • Guru Amar Das Ji
  • Guru Angad Dev Ji
  • Guru Arjan Dev Ji
  • +15 more

Taoist

10
  • Hundun (混沌)
  • Laozi (Lao Tzu)
  • The Eight Immortals (Ba Xian)
  • The Tao (道)
  • The Three Pure Ones (San Qing)
  • +5 more

Tarot

22
  • 0
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV
  • +17 more

Yoruba

14
  • Babalu-Aye
  • Baron Samedi
  • Eshu / Elegba
  • Maman Brigitte
  • Obatala
  • +9 more

Zoroastrian

18
  • Aeshma Daeva
  • Ahura Mazda
  • Aka Manah
  • Ameretat
  • Angra Mainyu / Ahriman
  • +13 more
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